Count Richard Belcredi

Hochgeboren Richard Graf von Belcredi
Count Richard Belcredi, 1864
5th Chairman of the Ministers' Conference of the Austrian Empire
In office 27 July 1865 – 7 February 1867
Monarch	Francis Joseph I
Preceded by	Alexander Graf von Mensdorff-Pouilly
Succeeded by	Friedrich Ferdinand Graf von Beust
Interior Minister of the Austrian Empire
In office 27 July 1865 – 7 February 1867
Monarch	Francis Joseph I
Preceded by	Anton Feirherr von Schmerling
Succeeded by	Friedrich Ferdinand Graf von Beust
Personal details
Born	(1823-02-12)12 February 1823 Jimramov, Margraviate of Moravia
Died	2 December 1902(1902-12-02) (aged 79) Gmunden, Upper Austria

Count Richard Belcredi (German: Richard Graf Belcredi) (12 February 1823, Jimramov, Margraviate of Moravia – 2 December 1902, Gmunden, Oberösterreich) was an Austrian civil servant and statesman.^[1] Belcredi was prime minister (and minister of state) in Imperial Austria during 27 July 1865 – 7 February 1867, when he resigned. During 1881-1895, Belcredi was President of the Administrative Court.^[1]

Life

Richard Belcredi was born on 12 February 1823, in Jimramov, Margraviate of Moravia.^[1] He studied in Prague and Vienna law schools, and in 1854, he became district captain in Znojmo. In 1862, he became the leader of the Austro-Silesian regional government. In 1864, he finally became Secret Council and Governor of Bohemia.

Three Count Ministry

In February 1865, Count Richard Belcredi, as the Austrian minister of state, convened a meeting of Viennese bankers to find ways to finance projects. In early 1865, Emperor Franz Josef I chose Belcredi, a declared conservative, to become Minister of State and Prime Minister, replacing Prime Minister Anton von Schmerling,^[1] who had resigned after failure in his liberal centralizing policies. Belcredi abolished the February Patent of 1861.^[1] As Imperial Prime Minister, Belcredi's cabinet was called the "Three Count Ministry" although, actually, 4 counts were in charge: Belcredi himself, Alexander von Mensdorff-Pouilly as foreign minister, Johann Larisch von Moennich as finance minister, and Esterhazy as a minister of Hungary.

See also

• List of Ministers-President of Austria
• Portrait

Notes

References

• "Belcredi, Richard Graf" (bio), aeiou Encyclopedia, 2008, webpage: AEIOU-Belcredi.

• Ludwig Graf Belcredi, "Fragmente aus dem Nachlasse des ehemaligen Staatsministers Grafen Richard Belcredi" ("Fragments from the Literary Legacy of Former Minister Count Richard Belcredi"), in: Die Kultur. Vierteljahresschrift für Wissenschaft, Literatur und Kunst 7 (1906).

External links

• Otto (Czech)
• "Belcredi, Richard Graf" (bio), aeiou Encyclopedia, 2008, webpage: AEIOU-Belcredi.
• Staatsminister wider Willen (Hrsg.: Parlamentskorrespondenz, Wien 2001)